{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-140","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-12-140","heading":"Criminal abortion.","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of criminal abortion when, in violation of Code Section 16-12-141, he or she administers any medicine, drugs, or other substance whatever to any woman or when he or she uses any instrument or other means whatever upon any woman with intent to produce a miscarriage or abortion.\n(b) A person convicted of the offense of criminal abortion shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 12 Offenses Against Public Health and Morals","Article 5 Abortion"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-10-18","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T18:57:23Z","sha256":"1784fca4b91645ba4e1accf7493c7026de46c54877209a558f137c3f0a51dd5c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-129","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-141","notices":[{"id":"pro-ga","title":"Georgia bulk release","text":"Georgia bulk files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules retains enacted text and strips editorial matter.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ga.ocga.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}